Was the early Hitchcockian type Psychological Horror, more frightening for audiences than Today’s CGI creations?
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Yes. Hitch saw now need for SAWS cutting up people or tired masks to sell a film. He did it with great writing and production methods on an often shoestring budget.
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I agree, when the mind imagines what is, or what might be happening , it can be much more frightening than seeing what is actually happening...
Hitchcockian! Hitchcockian! What's wrong with his Hitchcockian?
Two Arms, but, not a leg to stand on!
I have just received a complaint from 'Hitchcockian' the Gentleman's S & M Porn Star outfitters...But, I don't think it will stand up in Court....
The pyschological thriller/horror always holds up over the test of time. When people reference a powerful psychological thriller/horror film from say the past 25 years they will more often than not go to Silence Of The Lambs over saw 1 through infinity. I think there is a or has been a lull in the psychological thriller/horror genre over the past say 10 years. A lot of Saw type stuff and Paranormal activity but nothing like a Silence of the Lambs type film. Don't get me wrong I do love a good slasher, bloodfest film but the films with the lines and scenes that stick in my head are always bent towards the Hitchcockianesque style.
I believe 'The Blair Witch Project' could be an example of a recent psychological thriller / horror, as most of the so called 'horror' was off screen?
And could have easily been a Flop...
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What will always more frightening, is the situation that can actually happen. Always. After all, real life is the scariest thing that can happen to you.
Many moons ago, I can remember watching "Wait Until Dark" at the movies, and that one single , silent moment when Alan Arkin lunges out in the dark at Audrey Hepburn...........My popcorn went all over the people in front of me.....................................
I also saw that Movie and it was more than my popcorn that was spilt....Similar to the Money Shot in Carrie...
Oh Hell yeah!
Rear Window Nuff said.
Yup, thats the effect im definitely after.
Psychological thrillers always scare people more. As most of you said before me, when it's something happening off screen, or in the characters mind, it's much more disturbing than limbs being sawed off on screen. Playing with someone's mind creeps everyone out.
I believe it doesn't matter what it is. Psych horror, slasher, thriller, etc...It all comes down to how you film it, how the lighting is, how is the script conveyed, and a big one, the score. You can make a shot that will haunt you for the rest of your life. If it's done with cgi or old school psych, imo, comes down to the elements you convey to the audience.